Towards Kumamoto Series...
13) Stopped by a quiet little town called Asakura on the way to Kumamoto... this water wheels are over 100 year old now...
14) Nice, clean local market...
15) Lovely flowers sold at the flower market...
16) Misty valley
17) It's such a surreal and magical feel...
Hi Terence, these were taken using my 5DMKII... do they look like rangefinder shots?
Yes, there's a lot of onsens in Kyushu, most famous area would be Beppu and Yufuin...
"Pictures seem quiet"... ermm care to elaborate?
Cheers :)
It's been a long while since I last posted... Finally got a bit of time to upload my Dec 2010 Kyushu trip and thought I'll start sharing with the CS community again...
(I) Hakata Series
1) Golden leaves in Daizaifu
2) Arches in contrast
3) A hurrying Shinto priest
4) Yellow maple leaves...
I visited a bee farm when I was in NZ last year. This farm is part of a consortium of honey producers which supplies manuka honey worldwide.
And guess what? The farmer himself told me that the 'active ingredients' or the UMF whatever, are just market hype. Yes, manuka honey is prized for the...
Moving on to Lake Tekapo
27) Glorious morning...
28) Scenes like this to accompany my morning stroll around Lake Tekapo
29) The famous Collie Sheepdog...
30) Another landmark... Church of the Good Shepherd
31) Playing around with the sunlight...
23) Vast snowfield on the Mt Cook range...
24) Cravasses all over...
25) Almost perfect for skiing... if you could get up there...
26) Mount Cook Summit...
19) Almost landing... into the heart of Mt Cook...
20) Touch-Down... on the snow-field of Mt Cook...
21) No-man's land...
22) A gust of wind would sweep me off the mountain...
And now to Mount Cook
14) Chopper getting ready to bring us up over the Mount Cook
15) The lower end of the Mount Cook Glacier
16) At the mouth of the Glacier
17) Frozen 'river'... aka Glaciers...
18) Snow-capped mountains don't get any whiter than this...